Upcoming events in Metaphysics and Epistemology

1 Jul

Conference: Knowledge in Crisis: Knowledge, Power and Social Life

Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna

Topics: Epistemology, Social and Political Philosophy

1 Jul

Talk: The Philosophy of Spinoza: Politics, Freedom and Imagination

OnlineLuís Krus Centre – Lifelong Learning, Nova University of Lisbon

NOVA FCSH Escola de Verão 2026

Fabio Tononi (Universidade Nova de Lisboa)

Topics: Metaphysics and Epistemology

1 Jul

CFP: 1st Critical AI Safety Workshop

Center for Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy Section, Department of Communication, University of Copenhagen

Topics: Epistemology, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Social Science

2 Jul

Conference: 5th Luxembourg Workshop on AI and Epistemology

University of Luxembourg

Topics: Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Computing and Information

2 Jul

CFP: COMET 2026 - Metaphysics in Contemporary Continental Philosophy

CCEP, Radboud University Nijmegen

Topics: Metaphysics, Continental Philosophy

3 Jul

Talk: Time for Émilie Du Châtelet

Department of Philosophy, Ruprecht-Karls- Universität Heidelberg

Jeffrey McDonough (Harvard University)

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Science, Logic, and Mathematics

4 Jul

Conference: Graduate Workshop on Émilie Du Châtelet and Early Modern Philosophy

Department of Philosophy, Ruprecht-Karls- Universität Heidelberg

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Science, Logic, and Mathematics

6 Jul

CFP: Inheriting Ordinary Language Philosophy

Faculty of Philosophy, Vilnius University

The 14th Nordic Wittgenstein Society Conference

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Metaphilosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Miscellaneous

6 Jul

Conference: Collective Moral and Intellectual Virtues - Summer Course

Department of Philosophy, Central European University

Topics: Epistemology, Meta-Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

7 Jul

Conference: Philosophy of Explainable AI: New Directions

Centre for Science Studies, Department of Mathematics, Aarhus University

Topics: Epistemology, Philosophy of Social Science, Applied Ethics

7 Jul

CFP: Phenomenological Anthropologies and Forms of the Human

Topics: M&E, Miscellaneous, Continental Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Miscellaneous

8 Jul

Conference: Twenty-Third Annual Atlantic Canada Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy, 2026

HybridDepartment of Philosophy, Dalhousie University

Atlantic Canada Seminars in Early Modern Philosophy

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology

9 Jul

Conference: European Congress for Metaphysics

Ludwig Maximilians Universität, München

Topics: Metaphysics

9 Jul

Conference: The Armchair on Trial: A Graduate Conference on Philosophical Methodology

Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna

WFAP Graduate Conference

Topics: Epistemology, Metaphilosophy, Philosophy of Science, Miscellaneous

10 Jul

Talk: The Politics of Heritage

Department of Political Economy, King's College London

The PPE Society Annual Meetings

Jack Hume (King's College London)

Rasa Davidavičiūtė (LMU Munich)

Fred Matthews (University of Bristol)

Topics: Epistemology, Aesthetics, Social and Political Philosophy

12 Jul

CFP: Rational Action and Belief – Recognising and Responding to Reasons

Department of Philosophy, Heidelberg University

Topics: Epistemology, Philosophy of Action

13 Jul

Conference: Trust & Cooperation

Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna

Vienna Summer School 2026

Topics: Epistemology, Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

13 Jul

Conference: 4th Annual Berlin Workshop on Speech and Harm

Technische Universität Berlin

Berlin Workshop on Speech and Harm

Topics: Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Social and Political Philosophy

14 Jul

Conference: Forms of Knowledge in Wittgenstein

Philosophisches Seminar, Christian Albrechts Universitaet zu Kiel

8th Wittgenstein Forum of ILWG (Internationale Ludwig Wittgenstein Gesellschaft)

Topics: Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, European Philosophy

15 Jul

Conference: The Object(s) of Literature

Association for Philosophy and Literature

Topics: Metaphysics and Epistemology, Philosophical Traditions, Science, Logic, and Mathematics

15 Jul

CFP: SLR: Science, Language and Reality. Themes from the Philosophy of Susan Haack

Departamento de Filosofía, Lógica y Estética, University of Salamanca

Topics: Metaphysics and Epistemology, Science, Logic, and Mathematics

15 Jul

CFP: Religion, Politics, and Cognitive Warfare: Information, Interpretation, Conspiracy, and the Struggle for Reality

OnlineDepartment of Religious Studies, University of Denver, University of Denver

JCRT Online Conference

Topics: Philosophy of Religion, Continental Philosophy

15 Jul

CFP: Fourth Austrian Summer School in Phenomenology

OnlineDepartment of Philosophy, University of Graz

Topics: Epistemology, Metaphysics, Meta-Ethics

15 Jul

CFP: Anti-Democratic Communication

HybridUniversity of Waterloo

Topics: Philosophy of Language, Social and Political Philosophy

18 Jul

Conference: Democracy & Joint Agency

Chair for Philosophy & Political Theory, LMU Munich

Topics: Philosophy of Action, Social and Political Philosophy

18 Jul

CFP: VII Simposio Internacional Ilusión, Autoengaño y Verdad

HybridDepartament of Philosophy, Postgraduates Programs, Universidad Simón Bolívar (USB)

Simposios Internacionales del Grupo de Investigación Filosófica USB-USAL-USACH

Topics: Metaphysics and Epistemology

20 Jul

Summer school: Decision Making under Parity

Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna

Hamburg/Vienna Summer School

Topics: Metaphysics and Epistemology, Science, Logic, and Mathematics

20 Jul

Conference: MCMP Summer School for Widening Participation in Mathematical Philosophy 2026

Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Ludwig Maximilians Universität, München

Topics: Philosophy of Action, General Philosophy of Science

20 Jul

Conference: Workshop on Emily Adlam’s “Saving Science from Quantum Mechanics”

School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science, University of Leeds

Topics: Epistemology, General Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Physical Science

20 Jul

Talk: Chains-of-Thought, Inner Speech, and Artificial Epistemic Agency

OnlineTU Dortmund

Inferences & Capacities

Cameron Buckner (University of Florida)

Topics: Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Cognitive Science

21 Jul

Conference: Heart of Science: Book Workshop

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Topics: Epistemology, General Philosophy of Science

21 Jul

Conference: ISOS Social Ontology 2026

Jagiellonian Centre for Law, Language and Philosophy, Jagiellonian University

ISOS Conference

Topics: Metaphysics, Philosophy of Social Science, Philosophy of Law

24 Jul

Conference: Time Work: Debt, inheritance, and intergenerational practice

Nordic Summer University

Studies in Remoteness: Sensoria of absence, distance, and neglect

Topics: Epistemology, Aesthetics, Applied Ethics

27 Jul

Conference: School of Materialist Research Summer Institute 2026

HybridPhilosophy, Communications and Media, Cultural Studies, Logic and Language, School for Materialist Research, Arizona State University - CPT, Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities, Goldsmiths University, Polytechnic Milan, Sandberg Institute - Amsterdam

The Limits Of the Political Summer School (July 27), Living Design: Ontological Design Redux (August 3), Realism, Materialism, Epistemology: What is Living and What is Dead in Contemporary Thought? (August 17P

Topics: Metaphysics and Epistemology, Science, Logic, and Mathematics, Aesthetics

31 Jul

CFP: Tourism, Religion, and Politics: The Influence of Political Environments on Religious Tourism

Topics: Philosophy of Religion

31 Jul

CFP: Call for Commentaries - Target Article: Francesco Berto, "Impossible Worlds Are Here to Stay"

Topics: Metaphysics and Epistemology, Logic and Philosophy of Logic

31 Jul

CFP: Philosophies: Temporal Ontology

Topics: Metaphysics

31 Jul

CFP: The Aesthetic Aspects of Metaphor: Philosophical Perspectives on an Interdisciplinary Dialogue

Topics: Philosophy of Language, Aesthetics

31 Jul

CFP: Philosophia Reformata special issue "Faith, Philosophy, and AI"

Topics: Epistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion

31 Jul

CFP: Synthese Topical Collection - Artificial Joint Intentionality: Skilled Social Interactions in the Age of AI

Topics: M&E, Miscellaneous

31 Jul

CFP: Special Issue on Imagination, Creativity and Artificial Intelligence (Philosophical Psychology)

Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Computing and Information

31 Jul

CFP: The 4th annual conference of the The International Society for the Philosophy of the Sciences of the Mind

OnlineInternational Society for the Philosophy of the Sciences of the Mind

Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Cognitive Science

31 Jul

CFP: Nonsense in Language and Thought

Topics: Epistemology, Metaphilosophy, Philosophy of Language

1 Aug

CFP: Ideal Meanings and Real Contents: The Transcending Ability of Mind and Language

Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb

Topics: Metaphysics and Epistemology

3 Aug

Conference: Idols of Modernity: The Human Desire for Meaning and the Migration of the Holy (Summer School)

Forum for Christian Studies (foXs)

Topics: Philosophy of Religion, Social and Political Philosophy, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

7 Aug

Conference: Metaphysics of Logic

Department of Philosophy, Universität Bonn

Logic and Metaphysics

Topics: Metaphysics, Logic and Philosophy of Logic

8 Aug

CFP: 15th Annual Florida State University Free Will, Moral Responsibility, and Agency Conference

The Philosophy Graduate Student Association, Florida State University

Topics: Philosophy of Action, Philosophy of Mind, Normative Ethics

10 Aug

CFP: Inquiry Network WIP Talks

OnlineThe Inquiry Network

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Value Theory

10 Aug

Conference: Folk Epistemology and Science Skepticism

Department of Philosophy, University of Cologne

Cologne Summer School in Philosophy (CSSiP)

Topics: Metaphysics and Epistemology, Science, Logic, and Mathematics

20 Aug

Conference: Agential Capacities in Context

HybridUniversity of Turku

Topics: Philosophy of Action, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Social and Political Philosophy